'Bernie'

'Bernie'

Based on a true story, "Bernie" stars Jack Black as an effeminate, popular mortician in small-town Texas who strikes up a relationship with a wealthy, elderly widow (Shirley MacLaine), who he later kills, hides in the garage freezer and steals money from to donate to various town activities and charities. Did he mean to do it? Why'd he pretend she wasn't dead? The story is spliced up with interviews from town locals, who are almost as good as Black in this dark comedy. Matthew McConaughey also makes a memorable appearance as the charming prosecutor of Bernie's case (basically playing himself, as usual). This is the gig Black got an Golden Globe nomination for, that most people never actually saw. Well-deserved.

Based on a true story, "Bernie" stars Jack Black as an effeminate, popular mortician in small-town Texas who strikes up a relationship with a wealthy, elderly widow (Shirley MacLaine), who he later kills, hides in the garage freezer and steals money from to donate to various town activities and charities. Did he mean to do it? Why'd he pretend she wasn't dead? The story is spliced up with interviews from town locals, who are almost as good as Black in this dark comedy. Matthew McConaughey also makes a memorable appearance as the charming prosecutor of Bernie's case (basically playing himself, as usual). This is the gig Black got an Golden Globe nomination for, that most people never actually saw. Well-deserved.

Based on a true story, "Bernie" stars Jack Black as an effeminate, popular mortician in small-town Texas who strikes up a relationship with a wealthy, elderly widow (Shirley MacLaine), who he later kills, hides in the garage freezer and steals money from to donate to various town activities and charities. Did he mean to do it? Why'd he pretend she wasn't dead? The story is spliced up with interviews from town locals, who are almost as good as Black in this dark comedy. Matthew McConaughey also makes a memorable appearance as the charming prosecutor of Bernie's case (basically playing himself, as usual). This is the gig Black got an Golden Globe nomination for, that most people never actually saw. Well-deserved.